﻿OCTOBEE 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBEE 
  31, 
  1911. 
  55 
  

  

  32316 
  and 
  32317. 
  

  

  From 
  India. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Woglum, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  United 
  

   States 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  December 
  12, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32316. 
  Cassia 
  fistula 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  large 
  tree 
  with 
  very 
  pretty, 
  yellow 
  flowers. 
  Seed 
  pods 
  cylindrical, 
  1 
  to 
  1J 
  

   feet 
  long, 
  | 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  My 
  boy 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  natives 
  use 
  the 
  partitions 
  

   between 
  the 
  seeds 
  to 
  steep 
  into 
  tea 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  fever, 
  etc. 
  Seeds 
  are 
  not 
  

   used." 
  (Woglum.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  29182 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32317. 
  Chalcas 
  paniculata 
  L. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  25350 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  32318 
  and 
  32319. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle, 
  Museo 
  Nacional, 
  San 
  Jose. 
  

   Received 
  December 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   The 
  following 
  material; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Werckle: 
  

  

  32318. 
  Musa 
  sp. 
  

  

  " 
  Banana-guinea, 
  intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  banana 
  and 
  the 
  guinea; 
  better 
  

   than 
  the 
  banana. 
  From 
  the 
  Coyalar. 
  " 
  

  

  32319. 
  Annona 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Anonade 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  Bears 
  the 
  second 
  or 
  third 
  year; 
  highest 
  quality; 
  

   stands 
  the 
  climate 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  perfectly. 
  Takes 
  as 
  splice 
  graft 
  on 
  anona, 
  

   guanavana, 
  and 
  soncoya. 
  " 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  31574 
  to 
  31576 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  variety. 
  

  

  32322. 
  Annona 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle, 
  Museo 
  Nacional, 
  San 
  Jose. 
  

  

  Received 
  December 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Mixed 
  lot 
  of 
  seed 
  of 
  some 
  very 
  good 
  varieties 
  of 
  anonas.-' 
  ( 
  Werckle.) 
  

  

  32323. 
  Castanea 
  sativa 
  Miller. 
  Chestnut. 
  

   From 
  Kutien, 
  Fukien, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Coole. 
  Received 
  De- 
  

   cember 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

  

  32324. 
  Aralia 
  cord 
  at 
  a 
  Thimb. 
  Udo. 
  

  

  From 
  Sapporo, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Y. 
  Takahashi, 
  botanist 
  and 
  vegetable 
  

   pathologist, 
  Hokkaido 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  December 
  

   28, 
  1911. 
  

   "Roots 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  cultivated 
  strain 
  of 
  native 
  udo. 
  " 
  ( 
  Takahashi.) 
  

  

  32325. 
  Ficus 
  rigo 
  F. 
  M. 
  Bailey. 
  

  

  From 
  Barodobo, 
  Kapa 
  Kapa, 
  Papua. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  English. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  September 
  27, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  December 
  15, 
  1911. 
  

   "A 
  good 
  rubber-producing 
  tree, 
  hardy 
  and 
  will 
  grow 
  well 
  in 
  our 
  dry 
  belt 
  here. 
  The 
  

   rubber 
  from 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  par 
  with 
  Para 
  rubber. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  

   the 
  seed 
  to 
  germinate. 
  I 
  started 
  my 
  plantation 
  with 
  plants 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  scrubs 
  growing 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  on 
  other 
  trees, 
  the 
  seed 
  being 
  carried 
  by 
  birds 
  

   and 
  animals, 
  and 
  after 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  bowels, 
  it 
  then 
  germinates 
  in 
  the 
  forks 
  of 
  

   trees 
  and 
  in 
  decomposed 
  timber. 
  It 
  readily 
  strikes 
  from 
  cuttings 
  and 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   free 
  from 
  all 
  diseases. 
  " 
  (English.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Rigo 
  district 
  of 
  southeastern 
  British 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

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