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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOKTED. 
  

  

  32387 
  to 
  32389— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  earth, 
  but 
  one 
  also 
  finds 
  that 
  it 
  grows 
  luxuriantly 
  in 
  pebbly 
  banks 
  and 
  in 
  dry 
  

   cliffs 
  composed 
  of 
  sandy 
  loam. 
  This 
  seed 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  especially 
  for 
  natu- 
  

   ralization 
  purposes 
  in 
  pasture 
  grounds 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  belt 
  of 
  northwestern 
  

   United 
  States. 
  " 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  32390. 
  Khus 
  lancea 
  L. 
  f. 
  Karree. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  Union- 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  January 
  

   3, 
  1912. 
  

   "The 
  karree-boom 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  Transvaal 
  and 
  adjacent 
  Bechuanaland. 
  

   It 
  is 
  a 
  valuable 
  hardwood 
  tree 
  for 
  regions 
  of 
  limited 
  rainfall 
  (10 
  to 
  15 
  inches 
  in 
  

   summer). 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  edible. 
  The 
  tree 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  from 
  poles, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  

   of 
  willows. 
  " 
  (Davy.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  Uitenhage 
  and 
  Albany 
  districts 
  of 
  Cape 
  Colony. 
  

  

  32391. 
  Vaccinium 
  vitis-idaea 
  L. 
  Cowberry. 
  

  

  From 
  Norrland, 
  Sweden. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  V. 
  Wittrock, 
  director, 
  Botanic 
  Gar- 
  

   dens, 
  Albano, 
  Stockholm, 
  Sweden. 
  Received 
  January 
  6, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds. 
  

  

  32392 
  to 
  32396. 
  

  

  From 
  Salisbury, 
  Rhodesia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Godfrey 
  Mundy, 
  agriculturist 
  

   and 
  botanist, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  January 
  6, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mundy; 
  

  

  32392. 
  Citrullus 
  vulgaris 
  Schrad. 
  Watermelon. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Kafir 
  melon 
  . 
  Marjoria. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  This 
  seed 
  shows 
  great 
  variation. 
  

  

  32393. 
  Lagenaria 
  a^ulgaris 
  Ser. 
  Calabash. 
  

   "Large 
  bottle. 
  " 
  

  

  32394. 
  Uapaca 
  saxsibarica 
  Pax. 
  Mahobohobo. 
  

   "Tree 
  having 
  edible 
  fruit 
  and 
  good 
  light 
  timber. 
  " 
  

  

  32395. 
  Parinari 
  mobola 
  Oliver. 
  Mola. 
  

   " 
  M'hatsha 
  tree. 
  Edible 
  fruit, 
  and 
  timber 
  of 
  some 
  value. 
  " 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Batoka 
  Highlands, 
  Angola, 
  and 
  the 
  Mozambique 
  district 
  

  

  of 
  southern 
  tropical 
  Africa. 
  

  

  32396. 
  Widdrixgtonia 
  whytei 
  Rendle. 
  Mlanje 
  cypress. 
  

   "The 
  only 
  conifer 
  indigenous 
  to 
  Melsetter 
  district, 
  southern 
  Rhodesia. 
  The 
  

  

  tree 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  escarpment 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  6,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet. 
  " 
  

   For 
  description 
  see 
  No. 
  28690. 
  

  

  32397 
  to 
  32398. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murr. 
  Pomelo. 
  

  

  From 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  M. 
  Nixon, 
  New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Received 
  

   January 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   "These 
  pomelo 
  seeds 
  were 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  a 
  missionary 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  and 
  pink 
  

   variety 
  of 
  the 
  celebrated 
  Amoy 
  product. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  of 
  our 
  

   shaddock 
  but 
  without 
  its 
  dryness 
  and 
  bitter 
  taste. 
  " 
  (Nixon.) 
  

  

  32397. 
  White 
  variety. 
  

  

  32398. 
  Pink 
  variety. 
  

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