﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912, 
  77 
  

  

  33138 
  to 
  33179. 
  

  

  From 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director, 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  

   Received 
  March 
  19, 
  1912. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  33138. 
  X 
  Acer 
  boscii 
  Spach. 
  Maple. 
  

   Considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  hybrid 
  between 
  Acer 
  tataricum 
  L. 
  and 
  A. 
  pensylva- 
  

  

  nicum 
  L 
  ; 
  

  

  33139. 
  Alnus 
  maritima 
  (Marsh.) 
  Muhl. 
  Alder. 
  

   An 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  with 
  handsome, 
  shining 
  foliage, 
  attractive 
  

  

  in 
  autumn 
  with 
  its 
  male 
  catkins. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  and 
  in 
  Japan, 
  Chosen 
  

   (Korea), 
  and 
  Manchuria. 
  

  

  33140. 
  Ampelopsis 
  humulipolia 
  Bunge, 
  

   See 
  No. 
  32917 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33141. 
  Ampelopsis 
  orientalis 
  (Lam.) 
  Planchon, 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Shady 
  banks 
  in 
  Cilicia, 
  Syria, 
  and 
  Armenia, 
  

  

  33142. 
  Aralia 
  cachemirica 
  Decaisne, 
  

   See 
  No. 
  30285 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33143. 
  Asparagus 
  officinalis 
  L. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  at 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  

  

  Spain 
  and 
  Italy 
  and 
  the 
  adjacent 
  islands 
  to 
  northern 
  Africa 
  and 
  the 
  Canary 
  

   Islands. 
  

  

  33144. 
  Asparagus 
  maritimus 
  Miller. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   Distribution.— 
  Southern 
  Europe, 
  extending 
  from 
  Spain 
  eastward 
  through 
  

  

  Italy 
  and 
  Greece 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region, 
  and 
  in 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  33145. 
  Asparagus 
  officinalis 
  caspius 
  (Schult.) 
  Asch. 
  and 
  Graebn. 
  

  

  Asparagus. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  southeastern 
  Russia 
  and 
  northern 
  Persia 
  border- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  the 
  Caspian 
  Sea, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  in 
  the 
  countries 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  

   coast 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean. 
  

  

  33146. 
  Asparagus 
  officinalis 
  prostratus 
  (Dum.) 
  Baker. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Considered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  seashore 
  form 
  of 
  Asparagus 
  officinalis 
  L. 
  

  

  found 
  on 
  the 
  dunes 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  northwestern 
  Europe. 
  

  

  33147. 
  Asparagus 
  tenuifolius 
  Lam. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   A 
  hardy 
  shrub 
  bearing 
  very 
  large, 
  red 
  berries. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Europe, 
  extending 
  from 
  France 
  through 
  

   Italy, 
  the 
  Balkan 
  Peninsula, 
  and 
  southern 
  Russia 
  to 
  Asia 
  Minor. 
  

  

  33148. 
  Asparagus 
  verticillatus 
  L. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  29121 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33149. 
  Benincasa 
  hispida 
  (Thunb.) 
  Cogn, 
  

   Variety 
  macrocarpa. 
  

  

  33150. 
  Betula 
  alba 
  L. 
  Cut-leaved 
  weeping 
  birch. 
  

   Variety 
  dalecarlica. 
  

  

  33151. 
  Betula 
  davurica 
  Pallas. 
  Birch. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tree, 
  growing 
  up 
  to 
  60 
  feet, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Amur 
  

  

  River 
  in 
  eastern 
  Asia. 
  

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