﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  59 
  

  

  32911 
  to 
  32913— 
  Continued. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32911. 
  Aesculus 
  turbinata 
  Blume. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  found 
  on 
  wooded 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  

   Kiangsu 
  and 
  Chekiang 
  in 
  China 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  Japan. 
  

  

  32912. 
  Pterocarya 
  sorbifolia 
  Sieb. 
  and 
  Zucc. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Wooded 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  of 
  Japan. 
  

  

  32913. 
  Randia 
  Formosa 
  (Jacq.) 
  Schum. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America, 
  including 
  

   Guiana, 
  Colombia, 
  Venezuela, 
  and 
  Peru, 
  and 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Caribbean 
  Sea. 
  

  

  32914 
  to 
  32916. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  Campo 
  de 
  Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense, 
  

   Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1912. 
  

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

  

  32914. 
  Sapindus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "A 
  species 
  of 
  Sapindus, 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  along 
  a 
  roadside 
  about 
  6 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Santarem. 
  The 
  tree 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  feet 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  

   borders 
  of 
  clearings. 
  The 
  natives 
  were 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  saponifying 
  property 
  of 
  

   the 
  seeds, 
  but 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  learn 
  made 
  no 
  use 
  of 
  them. 
  Santarem 
  is 
  located 
  

   at 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Tapajos 
  on 
  the 
  Amazon, 
  about 
  500 
  miles 
  from 
  Para." 
  

   32915 
  and 
  32916. 
  Pithecolobium 
  unguis-cati 
  (L.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  "Two 
  varieties 
  of 
  seeds 
  that 
  I 
  found 
  and 
  collected 
  in 
  Barbados. 
  The 
  local 
  

   name 
  is 
  'bread 
  and 
  cheese.' 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  attractive 
  ornamental 
  

   email 
  tree 
  much 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  border 
  shrub 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  for 
  which 
  latter 
  

   purpose 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  adapted. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  clean 
  foliage 
  of 
  compound 
  leaves, 
  each 
  

   leaf 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  twin 
  pair 
  of 
  obovate 
  leaflets. 
  What 
  makes 
  the 
  plant 
  most 
  

   conspicuous 
  and 
  attractive 
  is 
  its 
  heavy 
  burden 
  of 
  dense 
  panicles 
  of 
  pods, 
  open 
  

   and 
  twisted 
  when 
  ripe 
  and 
  showing 
  the 
  shiny-black 
  small 
  seeds 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  attached 
  a 
  red 
  or 
  a 
  white 
  arillus. 
  This 
  hedge 
  plant 
  would 
  be 
  excellently 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  southern 
  Florida 
  where 
  it 
  may 
  already 
  exist." 
  

  

  32915. 
  "Seed 
  with 
  white 
  aril." 
  

  

  32916. 
  "Seed 
  with 
  red 
  aril." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Sandy 
  soil 
  in 
  southern 
  Florida 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  

   the 
  tropical 
  part 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  32917 
  to 
  32973. 
  

  

  From 
  La 
  Mortola, 
  Ventimiglia, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Alwin 
  Berger, 
  cura- 
  

   tor 
  of 
  the 
  garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  2, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32917. 
  Ampelopsis 
  humulifolia 
  Bunge. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  vine 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Chihli, 
  Shingking, 
  Kansu, 
  

   and 
  Hupeh 
  in 
  China, 
  and 
  in 
  Chosen 
  (Korea), 
  Formosa, 
  and 
  in 
  Japan. 
  

  

  32918. 
  Argania 
  spinosa 
  (L.) 
  Skeels. 
  Argan. 
  

   See 
  Nos. 
  3490 
  and 
  28783 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  32919. 
  Aristotelia 
  macqui 
  L'Heritier. 
  Maqui. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26306 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  32920. 
  Berberis 
  globosa 
  Benth. 
  Barberry. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  31245 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

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