﻿86 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  33236 
  to 
  33238. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  The 
  Director, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1912. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  33236. 
  Corculum 
  leptopus 
  (Hook, 
  and 
  Arn.) 
  Stuntz. 
  

  

  Seed 
  of 
  this 
  polygonaceous 
  climber 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Antigonon 
  

   leptopus 
  Hook, 
  and 
  Arn. 
  This 
  generic 
  name, 
  used 
  but 
  not 
  technically 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  1837 
  by 
  Endlicher 
  (Genera 
  Plantarum, 
  p. 
  310), 
  is 
  antedated 
  by 
  Anti- 
  

   gona, 
  published 
  in 
  1827 
  by 
  Yelloso 
  (Flora 
  Fluminensis, 
  p. 
  186, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  pi. 
  145). 
  

   As 
  no 
  other 
  name 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  for 
  the 
  genus, 
  Corculum, 
  the 
  diminutive 
  

   of 
  the 
  Latin 
  " 
  cor" 
  (heart), 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  diminutive 
  heart-shaped 
  

   rose-colored 
  flowers. 
  

  

  Variety 
  alba. 
  See 
  No. 
  19619 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  33237. 
  Citrus 
  decumana 
  (L.) 
  Murray. 
  Pomelo. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  Djeroek 
  pandan 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  33238. 
  Dracontomelon 
  dao 
  (Blanco) 
  Merrill 
  and 
  Rolfe. 
  Dao. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  32336 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33239. 
  Brassica 
  pekinensis 
  (Lour.) 
  Skeels. 
  Pai 
  tsai 
  cabbage. 
  

  

  From 
  Nanking, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  Bailio, 
  University 
  of 
  Nanking. 
  

   Received 
  March 
  20, 
  1912. 
  

   Shantung. 
  

  

  33241 
  to 
  33248. 
  Saccharum 
  officinarum 
  L. 
  Sugar 
  cane. 
  

  

  From 
  Alighur, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Parr, 
  Agricultural 
  

   College. 
  Received 
  March 
  23, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  33241. 
  Saretha. 
  33245. 
  Kinar. 
  

  

  33242. 
  Khera. 
  33246. 
  Chiu. 
  

  

  33243. 
  MertM. 
  33247. 
  Mungo. 
  

  

  33244. 
  Dhaur. 
  33248. 
  Sonabeli. 
  

  

  33249. 
  Phragmites 
  karka 
  (Retz.) 
  Trin. 
  

  

  From 
  Japan. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  the 
  Yokohama 
  Nursery 
  Co., 
  Yokohama. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  26, 
  1912. 
  

  

  Udono-yoshi. 
  "A 
  perennial 
  grass 
  growing 
  in 
  marshy 
  places. 
  Its 
  roots 
  creep 
  under 
  

   the 
  ground 
  and 
  shoot 
  up 
  stalks 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  6 
  feet, 
  bearing 
  panicles 
  at 
  the 
  tops. 
  

   The 
  stalks 
  resemble 
  small 
  bamboos, 
  being 
  slender, 
  light, 
  and 
  lustrous, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  

   used 
  to 
  make 
  blinds. 
  The 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  stalk 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  fertility 
  of 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  Those 
  growing 
  by 
  seacoasts 
  are 
  slender, 
  flexible, 
  and 
  strong. 
  This 
  grass 
  is 
  

   planted 
  in 
  watersides 
  to 
  protect 
  mud 
  from 
  being 
  washed 
  away 
  by 
  waves. 
  Its 
  young 
  

   sprouts 
  are 
  edible. 
  Those 
  produced 
  in 
  Udono 
  — 
  village 
  of 
  Province 
  Setsu 
  — 
  are 
  called 
  

   Udono-yoshi, 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  famous 
  for 
  their 
  large 
  and 
  long 
  stalks. 
  They 
  are 
  used 
  to 
  

   make 
  Shichiriki, 
  a 
  musical 
  instrument." 
  (Useful 
  Plants 
  of 
  Japan, 
  Agricultural 
  So- 
  

   ciety 
  of 
  Japan, 
  1895, 
  pp. 
  222-223.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  21957 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33250 
  to 
  33255. 
  Aralia 
  cordata 
  Thunb. 
  Udo. 
  

  

  From 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Y. 
  Kozai, 
  Director, 
  Imperial 
  Agricultural 
  

   Experiment 
  Station, 
  Nishigahara, 
  Tokyo. 
  Received 
  March 
  26, 
  1912. 
  

  

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