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  32093 
  to 
  32110— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32105. 
  Phyllanthus 
  acida 
  (L.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  96.) 
  A 
  round, 
  green, 
  gooseberrylike 
  fruit 
  bought 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  

   Colombo, 
  Ceylon, 
  August 
  28, 
  1911." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  23472 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32106. 
  Citrus 
  sp. 
  Orange. 
  

   "(No. 
  88.) 
  Best 
  orange 
  at 
  Colombo. 
  Round, 
  green, 
  light 
  skin, 
  very 
  juicy, 
  

  

  subacid, 
  much 
  rag, 
  many 
  seeds. 
  " 
  

  

  32107. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murray. 
  Pomelo. 
  

   "(No. 
  99, 
  September 
  4, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  Calcutta. 
  Large 
  globose 
  pomelo 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  dry 
  type. 
  Flesh 
  yellow; 
  good 
  quality, 
  but 
  not 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  Siam. 
  " 
  

  

  32108. 
  Belou 
  marmelos 
  (L.) 
  Lyons. 
  Bael. 
  

   "(No. 
  90, 
  August 
  29, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  Colombo." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  24450 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32109. 
  Calamus 
  viminalis 
  Willd. 
  Rattan. 
  

   "(No. 
  93, 
  August 
  31, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  Trichinopoli. 
  A 
  peculiar 
  fruit 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  used 
  in 
  curries. 
  Flesh 
  very 
  acid. 
  A 
  rattan 
  palm. 
  " 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  a 
  stout 
  scrambling 
  and 
  climbing 
  species, 
  with 
  cane 
  thin 
  but 
  strong. 
  

   It 
  makes 
  excellent 
  walking 
  sticks 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  rattan 
  of 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

   (Watt, 
  Commercial 
  Products 
  of 
  India.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  climbing 
  palm 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Malay 
  Islands. 
  

  

  32110. 
  Spondias 
  cytherea 
  Sonnerat. 
  We 
  fruit. 
  

   "(No. 
  91.) 
  Bought 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Colombo, 
  August 
  28, 
  1911. 
  Fruit 
  

  

  smooth, 
  oval, 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  hen's 
  egg, 
  each 
  containing 
  one 
  stone. 
  Flesh 
  firm, 
  

   yellowish, 
  subacid, 
  pleasant 
  to 
  taste, 
  odor 
  of 
  pineapple. 
  " 
  

  

  32111 
  to 
  32135. 
  

  

  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  of 
  this 
  Department. 
  Received 
  November 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   The 
  following 
  material; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Piper: 
  

  

  32111. 
  Polytrias 
  diversiplora 
  (Steud.) 
  Nash. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  41.) 
  Collected 
  at 
  Batavia, 
  July 
  23, 
  1911. 
  The 
  common 
  lawn 
  and 
  

   pasture 
  grass 
  of 
  Java 
  at 
  low 
  altitudes. 
  Makes 
  a 
  good 
  lawn. 
  Horses 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   cattle 
  eat 
  it 
  readily 
  and 
  seem 
  to 
  thrive 
  on 
  it. 
  Introduced 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  spreading. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Java, 
  and 
  introduced 
  in 
  other 
  tropical 
  regions. 
  

  

  32112. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  52, 
  July 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  The 
  native 
  Java 
  form 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  botanic 
  

   garden 
  at 
  Buitenzorg." 
  

  

  32113. 
  Panicum 
  numidianum 
  Lam. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  55, 
  August 
  3, 
  1911.) 
  Collected 
  at 
  Karanganjar, 
  Java. 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  

   Para 
  grass. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  the 
  American 
  form. 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Northern 
  Africa, 
  India, 
  and 
  generally 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  

   Tropics. 
  

  

  32114. 
  Meibomia 
  heterophylla 
  (Willd.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  65, 
  August 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  From 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon. 
  Similar 
  to 
  but 
  

   much 
  larger 
  than 
  Meibomia 
  triflora, 
  now 
  abundantly 
  established 
  in 
  Florida. 
  

   If 
  this 
  proves 
  equally 
  aggressive 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  valuable 
  pasture 
  plant." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  India 
  eastward 
  through 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archi- 
  

   pelago, 
  including 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  in 
  China. 
  

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