﻿16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



" These nuts have been gathered by one of our representatives residing on 

 the island of Catanduanes and are fresh stock, hulled by the cold-water 

 process. Mr. Jacobson stated that the shipment consists of at least two dis- 

 tinct types, and it is the short, well-rounded type that we have been able to 

 germinate in our grounds in Luzon." (Adn. Hernandez.) 



40927. Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Euphorbiaceaa. 



(Aleurit.es triloba Forst. ) LiUmbang". 



From Littleriver, Fla. Procured from Mr. Charles A. Mosier. Received 

 July 19, 1915. 



40928 to 40935. Oryza sativa L. Poacese. Rice. 



From Tananarivo, Madagascar. Presented by the Governor General of 

 Madagascar. Received July 14, 1915. 



40928. 



No. 1.- 



-A. 



Lava. 



40932. 



No. 3.— A. 



Madinika. 



40929. 



No. 1.- 



-B. 



Lava. 



40933. 



No. 3.— B. 



Madinika 



40930. 



No. 2.- 



—A. 



Lava somotra. 



40934. 



No. 4.— A. 



Tato. 



40931. 



No. 2.- 



-B. 



Lava somotra. 



40935. 



No. 4.— B. 



Vato. 



40936. Bambos txjlda longispiculata (Gamb. and Brand.) Bois 

 and Grignan. Poacese. Bamboo. 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Plants 

 received July 21, 1915. 

 " M. Riviere, who was here about a year ago and saw my plant, appeared to 

 doubt that my specimen was exactly the same species as described by him under 

 the name Bambos macroculmis (not from flowers, which he never saw). But 

 I have the impression that his doubt depended mainly on the difference in size, 

 his B. macroculmis acquiring up to 25 meters in height, while my plant has 

 not until now produced shoots more than 15 to 18 meters in height. Still this 

 seems of little importance, as my plant is in a rather poor condition, crowded 

 all around by trees, palms, etc., and poorly exposed in poor soil, and there can 

 be no doubt that under good conditions my plant would make a much better 

 growth. Anyhow, my plant corresponds exactly to description of B. macroculmis. 

 It has flowered for three consecutive years on one or two of the smallest shoots, 

 but it is growing on just as usual, and evidently belongs to the bamboos which 

 do not die after flowering. The stalks are comparatively compact, with less 

 cavity than the ordinary Japanese and Chinese species so common in gardens, 

 and very strong and lasting, which I can testify, having used them for prolonga- 

 tion of a very long and heavy ladder. This large bamboo is hardy in my badly 

 exposed garden and therefore would be so generally on the Riviera. The new 

 shoots start in autumn and generally do not finish development before spring, 

 but when frost arrives they do not suffer ; growth is simply arrested for some 

 time. Of course it is possible that in low, water-logged ground and with lasting 

 frosts the young shoots might be killed, but in my garden on a steep hill this 

 has not happened. Unfortunately, no seed has been produced, but this species 

 can be multiplied by slips of the crowded side branches which yearly start 

 anew and form aerial rhizomes. If I should divide the clump, it would be 

 a question of an enormous bulk, which, even when cutting away the stalks 

 (which, according to my experience here when transplanting, can not be safely 

 done, such clumps without leafage dying), would weigh nearly a hundred 



