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  to 
  32702— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32701. 
  Berberis 
  gagnepaini 
  C. 
  K. 
  Schneider. 
  Barberry. 
  

   "An 
  elegant 
  evergreen 
  barberry 
  of 
  compact 
  growth, 
  flowering 
  freely 
  during 
  

  

  June 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  The 
  pale-yellow 
  flowers 
  are 
  succeeded 
  by 
  glaucous 
  

   purple 
  berries." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  10,000 
  feet 
  in 
  north- 
  

   eastern 
  India 
  and 
  western 
  China. 
  

  

  32702. 
  Iris 
  wilsoni 
  C. 
  H. 
  Wright. 
  Iris. 
  

   "A 
  new 
  species, 
  resembling 
  Lis 
  sibirica 
  in 
  habit. 
  Flowers 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  

  

  outer 
  segments 
  veined 
  red 
  brown, 
  borne 
  on 
  stems 
  8 
  to 
  12 
  inches 
  high. 
  First 
  

   flowered 
  in 
  July, 
  1909, 
  at 
  Coombe 
  Wood." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  from 
  western 
  China. 
  

  

  32703. 
  Campomanesia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Puerto 
  Bertoni, 
  Paraguay. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Moises 
  S. 
  Bertoni, 
  Estacion 
  

   Agronomica. 
  Received 
  February 
  6, 
  1912. 
  

   "Ihvavira." 
  

  

  32704 
  and 
  32705. 
  

  

  From 
  Inhamban, 
  Portuguese 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Pliny 
  W. 
  Keys, 
  

   Methodist 
  Episcopal 
  Mission. 
  Received 
  February 
  6, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  extracted 
  from 
  Sims' 
  s 
  Forest 
  Flora 
  of 
  Portu- 
  

   guese 
  East 
  Africa: 
  

  

  32704. 
  Garcinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  "Pembe. 
  Either 
  a 
  branched 
  bush, 
  an 
  erect 
  tree, 
  or 
  a 
  bushy 
  tree; 
  in 
  each 
  

   case 
  the 
  stems 
  set 
  with 
  numerous 
  firm, 
  little, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  evergreen 
  branches, 
  

   which 
  give 
  the 
  tree 
  a 
  pyramidal 
  shape. 
  Leaves 
  usually 
  in 
  threes 
  or 
  opposite. 
  

   Fruit 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  long, 
  oblong, 
  edible, 
  yellow 
  at 
  first 
  or 
  when 
  ripe, 
  two 
  seeded, 
  

   and 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  fermented 
  liquor. 
  Abundant 
  in 
  sandy 
  

   soil 
  through 
  the 
  M'Chopes 
  country 
  to 
  Inhamban." 
  

  

  32705. 
  Strychnos 
  gerrardi 
  N. 
  E. 
  Brown. 
  

  

  "Quaqua. 
  A 
  small 
  tree, 
  3 
  to 
  10 
  meters 
  high, 
  without 
  thorns, 
  and 
  with 
  ex- 
  

   ceedingly 
  variable 
  leaves. 
  Fruit 
  one 
  celled, 
  globose, 
  5 
  to 
  7 
  centimeters 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  small, 
  thin, 
  spotted, 
  with 
  a 
  hard 
  shell, 
  and 
  numerous 
  flat 
  seeds 
  

   lying 
  in 
  an 
  acidulous 
  edible 
  pulp. 
  Abundant 
  from 
  Natal 
  to 
  Inhamban, 
  and 
  

   especially 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  soils." 
  

  

  32706. 
  Abies 
  numidica 
  De 
  Lannoy. 
  

  

  From 
  Babois, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Received 
  

   February 
  6, 
  1912. 
  

   "This 
  tree 
  grows 
  with 
  the 
  cedar. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  splendid 
  tree, 
  flourishing 
  here 
  at 
  

   1,800 
  meters." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree, 
  sometimes 
  75 
  feet 
  high, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  mountains 
  at 
  

   an 
  elevation 
  of 
  5,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet, 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Constantine, 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  

   of 
  Algeria. 
  

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