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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  32326. 
  Andropogon 
  sp. 
  Lemon 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Clarence 
  A. 
  Miller, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  November 
  22, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  December 
  30, 
  1911. 
  

   "Zacate 
  Limon. 
  This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  domestic 
  plant. 
  Each 
  stalk 
  should 
  be 
  sepa- 
  

   rated, 
  as 
  it 
  grows 
  up 
  like 
  a 
  multiplying 
  onion 
  and 
  bears 
  no 
  seed. 
  Each 
  stalk 
  with 
  

   ordinary 
  care 
  usually 
  produces 
  a 
  bunch 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  dish 
  pan 
  in 
  a 
  year. 
  By 
  

   many 
  the 
  leaves 
  or 
  blades 
  are 
  picked 
  fresh. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  then 
  steeped 
  and 
  the 
  

   resulting 
  tea 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  table 
  beverage. 
  This 
  grass 
  is 
  very 
  plentiful 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  " 
  

   (Miller.) 
  

  

  32327 
  and 
  32328. 
  

  

  From 
  Rome, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Gustav 
  Eisen, 
  California 
  Academy 
  of 
  

   Sciences, 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  Cal. 
  Received 
  December 
  26, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Eisen: 
  

  

  32327. 
  Phoenix 
  dactylifera 
  L. 
  Date. 
  

   "Zagloul. 
  The 
  very 
  best 
  date 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  eaten 
  anywhere. 
  It 
  is 
  very 
  

  

  large, 
  in 
  fact 
  the 
  largest 
  date 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  Medium 
  dark-brown, 
  sweet, 
  and 
  

   remarkably 
  tender 
  flesh. 
  Said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Fayum, 
  but 
  the 
  dates 
  were 
  bought 
  

   in 
  Cairo. 
  Ripe 
  in 
  January 
  and 
  lasts 
  fresh 
  until 
  April. 
  Best 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  

   February. 
  Said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  date 
  in 
  Egypt. 
  " 
  

  

  32328. 
  Prunus 
  domestica 
  L. 
  Plum. 
  

   "Papagone. 
  The 
  finest 
  plum 
  I 
  have 
  eaten 
  in 
  any 
  country: 
  Native 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  campagna 
  around 
  Naples, 
  especially 
  Boscotrecase 
  and 
  other 
  towns 
  around 
  

   Vesuvius. 
  About 
  3 
  inches 
  long, 
  greenish 
  yellow, 
  oblong, 
  with 
  a 
  remarkably 
  

   long, 
  thin, 
  and 
  slender 
  stone 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  fruit. 
  The 
  quality 
  of 
  

   this 
  plum 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  too 
  highly 
  praised. 
  Have 
  not 
  seen 
  it 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  

   Europe, 
  nor 
  in 
  California." 
  

  

  32329 
  to 
  32347. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper. 
  Received 
  November 
  2, 
  1911. 
  

  

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

  

  32329. 
  Arundinella 
  sp. 
  

  

  "A 
  rather 
  coarse 
  but 
  leafy 
  species 
  and 
  probably 
  valuable 
  for 
  green 
  feeding." 
  

  

  32330. 
  Axonopus 
  compressus 
  (Swartz) 
  Beauv. 
  

   "A 
  carpet 
  grass." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Jamaica 
  and 
  other 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Indies; 
  naturalized 
  in 
  

   the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  32331. 
  Bradburya 
  pubescens 
  (Benth.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "A 
  twining 
  legume 
  forming 
  a 
  dense 
  mass 
  6 
  feet 
  tall 
  when 
  supported." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  southern 
  Mexico, 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  and 
  

   Orizaba 
  southward, 
  through 
  tropical 
  South 
  America, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  32332. 
  Botor 
  palustris 
  (Desv.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

  "Grown 
  in 
  the 
  Buitenzorg 
  Botanic 
  Garden 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Psophocarpus 
  

   robustus. 
  A 
  climbing 
  vine 
  much 
  larger 
  and 
  more 
  vigorous 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   Goa 
  bean." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Africa; 
  generally 
  cultivated 
  in 
  

   the 
  Tropics. 
  

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