﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  73 
  

  

  33093. 
  Dammar 
  a 
  alba 
  Rumph. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Wigman, 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  March 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   "This 
  beautiful 
  broad-leaved 
  conifer, 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  noted 
  kauri 
  pine 
  of 
  New 
  

   Zealand, 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  trial 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  southern 
  California. 
  Its 
  pyramidal, 
  ever- 
  

   green 
  character 
  makes 
  it 
  particularly 
  suitable 
  for 
  avenue 
  planting." 
  (David 
  Fair- 
  

   child. 
  ) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tall 
  tree 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  pine 
  family, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  33094. 
  Belou 
  marmelos 
  (L.) 
  Lyons. 
  Bael. 
  

   From 
  Peradeniya, 
  Ceylon. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Macmillan, 
  Curator, 
  Royal 
  

  

  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  24450 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  33096. 
  Chiococca 
  alba 
  (L.) 
  Hitchc. 
  

  

  From 
  Palm 
  Beach, 
  Fla. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Donnelly, 
  manager, 
  Clarke 
  

   Estate. 
  Received 
  March 
  4, 
  1912. 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  when 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  jungle 
  climbs 
  on 
  trees, 
  but 
  when 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  and 
  

   cut 
  back 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  times 
  it 
  makes 
  a 
  nice 
  shrub 
  that 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  berries 
  

   which 
  remain 
  on 
  all 
  winter." 
  (Donnelly.) 
  

   Distribution.— 
  From 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  Mexico, 
  southward 
  to 
  Brazil 
  and 
  Peru. 
  

  

  33097. 
  Ficus 
  carica 
  L. 
  Caprifig. 
  

  

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

   March 
  12, 
  1912. 
  

   "Very 
  early." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  33098. 
  Phaseolus 
  calcaratus 
  Roxb. 
  

  

  From 
  Cuba. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  L. 
  Luaces, 
  Camaguey, 
  who 
  secured 
  them 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Luis 
  de 
  Megret, 
  editor, 
  El 
  Agricultor 
  Practico, 
  Guantanamo, 
  Oriente, 
  

   Cuba. 
  Received 
  March 
  12, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "Little 
  Devil, 
  or 
  Mambi, 
  bean. 
  An 
  indigenous 
  legume, 
  found 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  

   woods 
  of 
  Oriente 
  Province, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Guantanamo. 
  A 
  climbing 
  

   vine 
  of 
  vigorous 
  growth 
  that 
  covers 
  and 
  smothers 
  the 
  tree 
  over 
  which 
  it 
  grows; 
  for 
  this 
  

   reason 
  the 
  native 
  country 
  people 
  call 
  it 
  'Little 
  Devil.' 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  'Mambi' 
  1 
  

   because 
  it 
  was 
  discovered 
  as 
  an 
  edible 
  by 
  the 
  Cuban 
  soldiers 
  during 
  the 
  war 
  of 
  1868- 
  

   1878. 
  

  

  "It 
  produces 
  its 
  fruits 
  in 
  clusters 
  formed 
  of 
  eight 
  or 
  more 
  small 
  pods, 
  each 
  containing 
  

   from 
  six 
  to 
  eight 
  beans. 
  It 
  starts 
  to 
  grow 
  in 
  early 
  springtime 
  and 
  matures 
  its 
  fruit 
  in 
  

   autumn, 
  the 
  plant 
  dying 
  after 
  fruiting. 
  The 
  pods 
  must 
  be 
  gathered 
  ripe. 
  When 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  dry 
  on 
  the 
  vine 
  they 
  will 
  burst, 
  throwing 
  the 
  seed 
  afar 
  with 
  much 
  violence. 
  

   The 
  beans 
  are 
  very 
  heavy, 
  considering 
  their 
  small 
  size, 
  and 
  are 
  delicious 
  in 
  taste, 
  

   selling 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  market 
  at 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  cents 
  per 
  pound." 
  (Megret.) 
  

  

  33099. 
  Strychnos 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Sombrero 
  Negro, 
  Nicaragua, 
  near 
  Rama. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Berger, 
  

   January, 
  1912. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Safford, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  

   March 
  12, 
  1912. 
  

   "Local 
  name, 
  Madronito. 
  Roots 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  snake 
  bites. 
  Pulp 
  of 
  fruit 
  

   edible." 
  (Safford.) 
  

  

  1( 
  ' 
  'Mambi', 
  name 
  given 
  the 
  Cuban 
  soldier 
  during 
  the 
  war 
  of. 
  1868-1878, 
  from 
  man 
  (English) 
  and 
  bi 
  

   (Latin)." 
  {Luaces.) 
  

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