﻿28 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  32093 
  to 
  32110— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32096. 
  Cicer 
  arietinum 
  L. 
  Chick-pea. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  69.) 
  Bought 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Trichinopoli, 
  August 
  29, 
  1911. 
  " 
  

  

  32097. 
  Cucurbita 
  pepo 
  L. 
  Squash. 
  

   "(No. 
  95.) 
  Bought 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Trichinopoli, 
  August 
  31, 
  1911. 
  Large, 
  

  

  dull, 
  pale 
  orange; 
  subglobose; 
  deeply 
  ribbed 
  with 
  about 
  ten 
  ribs." 
  

  

  32098. 
  Elaeocarpus 
  serratus 
  L. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  81.) 
  An 
  olivelike 
  fruit 
  bought 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Colombo, 
  August 
  28, 
  

   1911." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  found 
  from 
  the 
  tropical 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  

   it 
  grows 
  as 
  far 
  up 
  as 
  3,000 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Sikkim, 
  southeastward 
  

   through 
  India 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Islands 
  to 
  Java. 
  

  

  32099. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "(No. 
  82, 
  August 
  29, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  shrub, 
  bearing 
  large 
  pink 
  flowers. 
  This 
  

   grows 
  3 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  ornamental. 
  It 
  is 
  abundant 
  at 
  Newara 
  

   Eliya, 
  Ceylon, 
  altitude 
  of 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  " 
  

  

  32100. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  "(No. 
  83, 
  August 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  irislike 
  plant 
  with 
  loose 
  panicles 
  of 
  blue 
  

   flowers. 
  Decidedly 
  ornamental. 
  Native 
  at 
  Newara 
  Eliya, 
  Ceylon." 
  

  

  32101. 
  Rubus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  84, 
  August 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  shrub 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  common 
  blackcap. 
  

   Fruits 
  in 
  large 
  clusters, 
  red 
  but 
  tomentose. 
  Flavor 
  good. 
  Flowers 
  pink. 
  

   Abundant 
  at 
  Newara 
  Eliya, 
  Ceylon. 
  Altitude 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  " 
  

  

  32102. 
  Berberis 
  sp. 
  Barberry. 
  

   "(No. 
  86, 
  August 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  common 
  species 
  at 
  Newara 
  Eliya, 
  Ceylon, 
  

  

  altitude 
  6,000 
  feet. 
  It 
  closely 
  resembles 
  Berberis 
  vulgaris, 
  but 
  the 
  fruits 
  are 
  

   black. 
  " 
  

  

  32103. 
  Rhodomyrtus 
  tomentosa 
  (Ait.) 
  Wight. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  87, 
  August 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  melastomaceous 
  shrub 
  with 
  pink 
  flowers 
  and 
  

   canescent 
  leaves. 
  Grows 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  feet 
  high. 
  Quite 
  ornamental. 
  Common 
  at 
  

   Newara 
  Eliya, 
  Ceylon, 
  6,000 
  feet 
  altitude. 
  " 
  

  

  32104. 
  Benincasa 
  hispida 
  (Thumb.) 
  Cogniaux. 
  Wax 
  gourd. 
  

   The 
  wax 
  gourd 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  inventories 
  as 
  Benincasa 
  

  

  cerifera, 
  a 
  name 
  published 
  in 
  1818 
  by 
  Savi 
  (Bibliotheca 
  Italiana, 
  vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  158), 
  

   who 
  cited 
  Cucurbita 
  cerifera 
  Fischer 
  (Catalogue 
  du 
  Jardin 
  des 
  Plantes 
  a 
  

   Gorenki, 
  1812, 
  p. 
  32), 
  a 
  name 
  not 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  description. 
  The 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Seed 
  and 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  

   called 
  to 
  the 
  publication 
  in 
  1881 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  Benincasa 
  hispida 
  Cogniaux 
  (De 
  

   Candolle, 
  Monographiae 
  Phanerogamarum, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  513) 
  based 
  on 
  Cucurbita 
  

   hispida 
  Thunb 
  erg 
  (Flora 
  Japonica, 
  1784, 
  p. 
  322) 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  correct 
  

   name 
  for 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  94.) 
  Purchased 
  in 
  the 
  Trichinopoli 
  market, 
  August 
  31, 
  1911. 
  Large, 
  

   cylindrical, 
  12 
  to 
  18 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Very 
  white 
  and 
  

   waxy 
  fruit. 
  " 
  

  

  This 
  vegetable, 
  commonly 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  for 
  vegetable 
  soups 
  and 
  also 
  

   candied 
  as 
  a 
  sweetmeat 
  wherever 
  it 
  grows, 
  is 
  recommended 
  to 
  amateurs 
  who 
  

   are 
  experimenting 
  with 
  new 
  vegetables. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  grown 
  successfully 
  neai 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

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