﻿76 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  33119. 
  Aeschynomene 
  elaphroxylon 
  (Guill. 
  and 
  Perr.) 
  Taubert. 
  

  

  Ambach. 
  

  

  From 
  Lawang, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Buysman, 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  16, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  Senegambian 
  plant, 
  much 
  cultivated 
  in 
  several 
  parts 
  of 
  Africa 
  and 
  also 
  

   in 
  Egypt. 
  The 
  only 
  use 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  wood, 
  which 
  is 
  light 
  and 
  perhaps 
  might 
  be 
  taken 
  

   as 
  a 
  surrogate 
  for 
  cork. 
  The 
  stem 
  gets 
  very 
  thick 
  with 
  age, 
  but 
  the 
  height 
  is 
  moderate." 
  

   (Buysman.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  leguminous, 
  spiny 
  shrub 
  up 
  to 
  20 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  large 
  orange- 
  

   colored 
  flowers, 
  growing 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa 
  in 
  Upper 
  Guinea 
  

   and 
  Lower 
  Guinea, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  Nile 
  to 
  the 
  Mozambique 
  district 
  

   on 
  the 
  east 
  coast. 
  

  

  33120. 
  Fraxinus 
  ornus 
  L. 
  Ash. 
  

  

  From 
  Germantown, 
  Philadelphia, 
  Pa. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Conyers 
  B. 
  Fleu, 
  jr. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  18, 
  1912. 
  

   This 
  seed 
  was 
  procured 
  for 
  experimental 
  purposes 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  

  

  33121 
  to 
  33126. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Ecuador. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Harold 
  Pound, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  16, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  33121 
  to 
  33124. 
  From 
  Chillo-Ordonez, 
  Quito, 
  Ecuador. 
  

  

  33125 
  and 
  33126. 
  From 
  Hidalgo 
  hacienda, 
  Tumbaco, 
  near 
  Quito, 
  Ecuador. 
  

  

  33127 
  to 
  33132. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director, 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  18, 
  1912. 
  

   "Seed 
  of 
  different 
  varieties 
  of 
  papayas, 
  producing 
  fruits 
  of 
  various 
  shape 
  and 
  outline. 
  

   The 
  quality 
  is 
  good 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  difference 
  between 
  them." 
  (The 
  Director.) 
  

  

  33135. 
  Salix 
  fragilis 
  L. 
  

   (£ 
  var. 
  pendula.) 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers. 
  Received 
  March 
  19, 
  1912. 
  

   "An 
  Algerian 
  ornamental." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  33136. 
  Gossypium 
  obtusifolium 
  Roxb. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers. 
  Received 
  March 
  19, 
  

   1912. 
  

   "Variety 
  africanurn. 
  Perennial 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  oasis. 
  The 
  very 
  mediocre 
  cotton 
  

   is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  to 
  mix 
  with 
  wool. 
  Oasis 
  Insalah, 
  The 
  Djerid." 
  ( 
  Trabut.) 
  

  

  33137. 
  Chaetochloa 
  costata 
  (Roxb.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

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

   ent, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  19, 
  1912. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  32399 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

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