﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  89 
  

  

  33262. 
  Stenolobium 
  sambucifolium 
  (H. 
  B. 
  K.) 
  Seemann. 
  

  

  From 
  La 
  Mortola, 
  Ventimiglia, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Alwin 
  Berger, 
  Director, 
  

   Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  March 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  An 
  erect 
  shrub, 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Stenolobium 
  stans 
  (L.) 
  Seemann, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  white-lobed 
  corolla. 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Montan, 
  

   Peru, 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  8,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  33263. 
  Telfairia 
  pedata 
  (Smith) 
  Hook. 
  

  

  From 
  Zanzibar, 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Zanzibar 
  

  

  Government. 
  Received 
  March 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "A 
  cucumberlike 
  vine, 
  growing 
  over 
  trees 
  of 
  considerable 
  height 
  throughout 
  

  

  tropical 
  Africa. 
  The 
  fruit 
  sometimes 
  attains 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  60 
  pounds 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  

  

  large 
  number 
  of 
  oily 
  seeds 
  about 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  oil 
  from 
  these 
  seeds 
  is 
  

  

  said 
  to 
  be 
  largely 
  used 
  for 
  culinary 
  purposes 
  by 
  the 
  natives. 
  The 
  flowers 
  are 
  of 
  two 
  

  

  forms 
  of 
  varying 
  shades 
  of 
  lavender 
  and 
  are 
  several 
  inches 
  across." 
  (S. 
  C. 
  Stuntz.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  23731 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  33264. 
  Salsola 
  arbuscula 
  Pallas. 
  Saxaul, 
  

   From 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut. 
  Received 
  March 
  29, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "Saxaul, 
  originally 
  from 
  Turkestan, 
  sown 
  in 
  the 
  Sahara 
  at 
  El 
  Ouad 
  in 
  1895 
  and 
  in 
  

   1900. 
  It 
  flourishes 
  vigorously 
  in 
  the 
  dunes. 
  Seed 
  collected 
  at 
  El 
  Ouad, 
  south 
  of 
  

   Biskra." 
  {Trabut.) 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  24555 
  and 
  28976 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  33266. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  Persia. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Douglas, 
  American 
  Mission, 
  Teheran, 
  

   Persia. 
  Received 
  March 
  22, 
  1912. 
  

  

  "Persian 
  muskmelon. 
  Found 
  in 
  Persia 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Avonikaf, 
  50 
  miles 
  from 
  

   Teheran. 
  An 
  extremely 
  hot 
  climate 
  and 
  a 
  desert 
  country 
  watered 
  from 
  mountain 
  

   streams. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  a 
  red 
  clay, 
  mixed 
  with 
  much 
  gravel. 
  The 
  melon 
  seeds 
  are 
  planted 
  

   along 
  the 
  little 
  ditches 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  may 
  reach 
  them 
  weekly. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  sown 
  

   until 
  late 
  in 
  May. 
  The 
  melon 
  matures 
  late 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  kept 
  until 
  

   December 
  in 
  a 
  dry 
  place. 
  

  

  "The 
  melon 
  is 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  something 
  like 
  a 
  small 
  watermelon. 
  On 
  the 
  out- 
  

   side 
  it 
  is 
  dark 
  green, 
  rough, 
  with 
  coarse, 
  light-colored 
  markings. 
  The 
  flesh 
  is 
  yellow, 
  

   shading 
  into 
  green, 
  quite 
  firm 
  in 
  texture, 
  yet 
  full 
  of 
  water. 
  In 
  taste, 
  it 
  is 
  remarkably 
  

   sweet 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  peculiar 
  luscious 
  flavor. 
  It 
  is 
  surpassed 
  by 
  no 
  other 
  melon 
  found 
  in 
  

   this 
  land 
  of 
  the 
  melon, 
  so 
  that 
  even 
  the 
  natives 
  are 
  willing 
  to 
  pay 
  20 
  cents 
  apiece 
  for 
  

   them." 
  (Douglas.) 
  

  

  33268. 
  Languas 
  galanga 
  (L.) 
  Stuntz. 
  Galangale. 
  

  

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

   Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   A 
  zinziberaceous 
  plant 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  Tropics, 
  whose 
  aromatic 
  root 
  furnishes 
  the 
  

   galangale 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  natives 
  for 
  indigestion. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  32036, 
  32037, 
  and 
  32837 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  33270. 
  Melilotus 
  officinalis 
  micranthus 
  Schulz. 
  

  

  From 
  Krassny 
  Koot, 
  Samara, 
  Russia. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Bogdan. 
  Presented 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  Regel, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Applied 
  Botany, 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  27, 
  1912, 
  

  

  