﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912, 
  75 
  

  

  33104. 
  Ficus 
  rubiginosa 
  Desf. 
  Port 
  Jackson 
  fig. 
  

  

  From 
  Sydney, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden, 
  

   Director 
  and 
  Government 
  Botanist, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  July 
  

   3, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  March 
  15, 
  1912. 
  

   "This 
  grows 
  in 
  the 
  coast 
  districts, 
  but 
  extends 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  westerly 
  than 
  does 
  

   Ficus 
  macrophylla 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  33071) 
  and 
  has 
  shown 
  greater 
  adaptability 
  to 
  drier 
  

   localities 
  than 
  that 
  species. 
  " 
  (Maiden.) 
  

   Seeds. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  streams 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Australia. 
  

  

  33105. 
  Meibomia 
  heterocarpa 
  (L.) 
  Kuntze. 
  

  

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

   Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

  

  33106 
  to 
  33110. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Taro. 
  

  

  From 
  Hilo, 
  Hawaii. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Clowes, 
  Superintendent, 
  Hawaii 
  Sub- 
  

   stations. 
  Received 
  March 
  13 
  and 
  14, 
  1912. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  varieties: 
  

  

  33106. 
  Manapiko. 
  33109. 
  Kuoho. 
  

  

  33107. 
  Wehiwa. 
  33110. 
  Lehua. 
  

  

  33108. 
  Elepaio. 
  

  

  33111 
  to 
  33118. 
  Vitis 
  vinifera 
  L. 
  Grape. 
  

  

  From 
  Bhamdun, 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  Mount 
  Lebanon, 
  Syria. 
  Pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Alfred 
  Ely 
  Day, 
  Syrian 
  Protestant 
  College, 
  Beirut, 
  Syria. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  March 
  15 
  and 
  16, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Day: 
  

  

  33111. 
  "Jauz&ni. 
  Large, 
  white, 
  thin-skinned 
  berry, 
  produced 
  in 
  crowded 
  

   clusters. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  berries 
  are 
  partly 
  large 
  and 
  partly 
  small, 
  in 
  which 
  

   case 
  they 
  are 
  called 
  'hen 
  and 
  chickens.' 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  cooking, 
  

   wrapped 
  around 
  small 
  rolls 
  of 
  rice 
  and 
  chopped 
  meat. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  

   grapes." 
  

  

  33112. 
  "Shahm&ni. 
  Large, 
  round, 
  yellowish 
  berry; 
  firm 
  pulp." 
  

  

  33113. 
  ll 
  Shatawi. 
  Not 
  very 
  sweet, 
  a 
  little 
  larger, 
  has 
  a 
  thicker 
  skin, 
  and 
  

   ripens 
  later 
  than 
  Kastifi-dakar 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  33074). 
  Shatawi 
  means 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  winter." 
  

  

  33114. 
  "Asmi. 
  This 
  vine 
  has 
  short 
  branches; 
  clusters 
  large; 
  berries 
  round 
  

   and 
  greenish, 
  skin 
  very 
  thin. 
  Much 
  esteemed." 
  

  

  33115. 
  "Miksdsi. 
  The 
  most 
  useful 
  grape 
  of 
  Lebanon 
  for 
  eating, 
  wine, 
  

   raisins, 
  and 
  sirup. 
  Berries 
  are 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  white, 
  with 
  thin 
  skin 
  and 
  soft 
  

   pulp. 
  Ripens 
  early." 
  

  

  33116. 
  "Jb&'i. 
  Berry 
  black 
  with 
  hard 
  skin, 
  very 
  firm 
  and 
  solid, 
  not 
  very 
  

   juicy, 
  good 
  for 
  preserving." 
  

  

  33117. 
  "Zeini. 
  Long 
  white 
  berries, 
  moderate 
  in 
  size, 
  sweet 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  

   acridity." 
  

  

  33118. 
  "Kdsuji-inti. 
  1 
  Like 
  KdsAfi-dakar 
  l 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  33074), 
  but 
  sweeter, 
  

   thinner 
  skinned, 
  larger 
  berries 
  and 
  clusters. 
  Ripens 
  after 
  Miksdsi 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  33115), 
  but 
  before 
  Shatawi 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  33113). 
  Called 
  K&s-bfi 
  because 
  the 
  

   berries 
  with 
  their 
  stalklets 
  easily 
  break 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  clusters." 
  

  

  i" 
  ' 
  Inti 
  ' 
  means 
  female, 
  and 
  ' 
  dakar,' 
  male." 
  

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