﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  15 
  

  

  32399. 
  Chaetochloa 
  cost 
  at 
  a 
  (Roxb.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Panicum 
  costatum 
  Roxburgh 
  1832, 
  Flora 
  Indica, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  312.) 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  grass 
  received 
  from 
  India 
  were 
  identified 
  as 
  Panicum 
  costatum 
  

  

  Roxburgh, 
  but 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Chaetochloa 
  it 
  is 
  

  

  here 
  placed 
  in 
  that 
  genus. 
  

  

  Chaetochloa 
  costata 
  was 
  described 
  by 
  Roxburgh 
  from 
  cultivated 
  plants 
  received 
  from 
  

  

  Mauritius, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  fields 
  and 
  woods. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  generally 
  introduced 
  

  

  throughout 
  the 
  Tropics 
  of 
  both 
  hemispheres. 
  

   From 
  Sibpur, 
  near 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

  

  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  January 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

  

  32400. 
  Persea 
  Americana 
  Miller. 
  Avocado. 
  

  

  From 
  Orange, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  P. 
  Taft. 
  Received 
  January 
  10, 
  1912. 
  

   "Fruit 
  absolutely 
  seedless 
  but 
  very 
  small, 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  f 
  to 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  

   diameter. 
  Of 
  possible 
  use 
  in 
  breeding 
  experiments. 
  (Peter 
  Bisset.) 
  

  

  32401 
  to 
  32403. 
  

  

  From 
  Central 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Hitchcock, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  January 
  12, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hitchcock: 
  

  

  32401. 
  Salvia 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Chidn. 
  — 
  Obtained 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Punta 
  Arenas, 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  It 
  is 
  used 
  

   there 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  refreshing 
  drink. 
  It 
  was 
  purchased 
  at 
  a 
  drug 
  store 
  

   by 
  an 
  American 
  physician 
  and 
  by 
  him 
  given 
  to 
  me. 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  ascertain 
  

   the 
  source 
  of 
  the 
  supply, 
  but 
  apparently 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  " 
  

  

  32402. 
  Chrysobalanus 
  icaco 
  L. 
  Icaco. 
  

   "From 
  San 
  Salvador, 
  Salvador. 
  A 
  rommon 
  fruit 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  markets 
  and 
  by 
  

  

  street 
  venders. 
  Various 
  colors, 
  especially 
  a 
  yellow 
  and 
  a 
  purple 
  variety. 
  " 
  

  

  "Shrub 
  2 
  meters 
  [6^ 
  feet] 
  high, 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  beaches; 
  known 
  as 
  'Cocoa-plum.' 
  

   Fruits 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  plum, 
  used 
  for 
  preserves. 
  " 
  (Cook 
  and 
  Collins, 
  Eco- 
  

   nomic 
  Plants 
  of 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  p. 
  114.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  Acapulco 
  in 
  southern 
  Mexico 
  southeastward 
  through 
  

   Central 
  America 
  and 
  tropical 
  America, 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  in 
  western 
  

   tropical 
  Africa. 
  

  

  32403. 
  Passiflora 
  ligularis 
  Juss. 
  Passion 
  fruit. 
  

   "From 
  Santa 
  Ana, 
  Salvador. 
  Commonly 
  sold 
  on 
  the 
  streets. 
  The 
  leathery 
  

  

  covering 
  is 
  broken 
  and 
  the 
  seeds 
  with 
  the 
  containing 
  pulp 
  are 
  sucked 
  out. 
  " 
  

  

  32404. 
  Solanum 
  nigrum 
  L. 
  Nightshade. 
  

  

  From 
  Kew. 
  England. 
  Procured 
  from 
  the 
  Herbaceous 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  at 
  Kew, 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  William 
  R. 
  Lazenby. 
  Ohio 
  State 
  University, 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  August 
  31, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  January 
  13, 
  1912. 
  

   "Plant 
  very 
  dwarf; 
  spreading 
  in 
  habit." 
  (Lazenby.) 
  

  

  32405 
  to 
  32424. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  January 
  11 
  and 
  12. 
  1912. 
  

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

  

  282 
  

  

  